9歲小男孩用激光筆照眼睛 結果視網膜燒出一個洞

A 9-year-old boy burned a hole in his retina by repeatedly looking into a green laser pointer, which doctors discovered after he began complaining of decreased vision.

在一名9歲的男孩開始抱怨視力下降後，醫生髮現他的視網膜因爲反覆注視一隻綠色的激光筆而被灼燒出了一個洞。

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors said they discovered a large macular hole in his left eye during a funduscopic exam.

在《新英格蘭醫學雜誌》上發表的一篇病例報告中，醫生表示，他們在一次眼底檢查中發現他左眼有一個很大的黃斑孔。

As a result, the child, who was not identified and lives in Greece, was determined to have 20/100 vision in his left eye, compared to 20/20 in his right.

結果，這名未確認身份、居住在希臘的兒童，左眼視力爲0.2，而右眼視力爲1.0。

The report did not identify what kind of laser pointer the boy was playing with, but said that powerful lasers remain accessible on the internet. They also opted to observe the injury rather than surgically fix it.

該報告沒有確定男孩玩的是哪種激光筆，但提到從互聯網上仍然可以買到強力激光用品。他們選擇觀察傷口，而不是通過手術來修復。

"Because of the large diameter of the macular hole and the accompanying atrophy in this patient, we favored conservative management rather than surgery," the doctors wrote.

醫生們寫道：“由於黃斑孔的直徑很大且伴有萎縮，我們傾向於保守治療而不是手術。”

"The patient's vision has remained unchanged during 18 months of follow-up."

“在18個月的隨訪中，病人的視力沒有變化。”